Legal Associate, Capital Market Matters at Nigerian Stock Exchange

Division: Shared Services Division
Department: Legal Department
Report to: Head, Legal Department
Grade: Assistant Officer - Assistant Manager
Estimated Date of Resumption: Thursday, February 28, 2019

Job Summary

• The Legal Services Department is within the Shared Services Division of The Exchange.
• The Exchange needs a consummate legal professional with a strong personality, good people management skills, and the ability to work as a team player to support the Capital Market Matters Unit of the Legal Services Department in order to provide advisory support services and manage and mitigate risk.
• The individual would be required to have a thorough understanding of The Exchange’s policies, overall mission and strategy, as well as a strong legal background, including stellar academic credentials.

Key Responsibilities

• Drafting, reviewing and advising in a qualitative manner legal documentation of all types, including simple and very complex contracts within agreed timeframes related to capital market issues and transactions
• Providing enterprise wide legal support on a myriad of capital market issues in a timely and qualitative manner
• Providing legal opinions and advice as requested by other employees of The Exchange and the Council of The Exchange in respect of capital market related issues
• Providing legal advisory services regarding capital market related issues to the Council, Council Committees, and subsidiaries of The Exchange
• Working with other business departments on legal issues involving capital market related matters
• Resolving the legal capital market issues in line with the law, best practice and international standards
• Attending meetings with third parties and stakeholders regarding legal issues involving the above stated matters
• Minimizing the exposure of The Exchange and its subsidiaries to legal liabilities
• Ensuring compliance of the enterprise with all applicable laws, and providing sound legal advice on legal obligations and implications on the enterprise’s business conduct, transactions and policies
• Drafting documents
• Participating as representative of the legal function in Committees and Projects across the enterprise related to Capital Market matters
• Supporting the business in finding creative ways to meet organizational objectives
• Relating as one of the representatives of The Exchange with various Government agencies
• Ensuring KPIs are met
• Ensuring cost effective service provision for all services provided by the Capital Market Matters Unitin accordance with SLAs
• Any other duties as may be assigned by the Head of the Capital Market Matters Unit or the Head of the Department

Qualifications and Experience

• A law degree with 3 - 8 years’ experience
• Proven track record of strong performance managing against deliverables
• Top tier law firm experience: transactional
• Experience within the legal function of a listed company, top tier capital market or financial industry operator is a plus.

Functional Competencies:

• Capital Mkt Knowledge
• Analytical Thinking

Behavioural Competencies:

• Professionalism
• Accountability
• Integrity
• Inter-Personal Relations.